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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 250 / Friday, December 30, 2005 / Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0552; FRL–7753–3]
[FRL–8017–5]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and
Status Information
Proposed Settlement Under Section
122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as
Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), P.M.
Northwest Site, Swinomish Indian
Reservation, Laconnor, WA
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
Notice of proposed settlement
and request for public comment.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, as amended by the
Superfund Amendment and
Reauthorization Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), notice
is hereby given of a proposed settlement
to resolve claims against P.M. Northwest
Inc., Shell Oil Company, and Texaco
Inc. The proposed settlement concerns
the federal government’s past response
costs at the PM Northwest Site, located
on the Swinomish Indian Reservation,
near Laconnor, Washington. The
settlement requires the settling parties,
PM Northwest Inc., Shell Oil Company,
and Texaco Inc., to pay $170,000 to the
Hazardous Substance Superfund.
Comments must be received by
January 30, 2006, relating to the
settlement.
DATES:
The Agency’s response to
any comments received will be available
for public inspection at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10 office at 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of
the proposed settlement may be
obtained from Carol Kennedy, Regional
Hearing Clerk, EPA, Region 10, 1200
Sixth Avenue (ORC–158), Seattle,
Washington 98101, telephone number
(206) 553–0242. Comments should
reference the ‘‘PM Northwest Site’’ and
EPA Docket No. CERCLA–10–2004–
0216 and should be addressed to Ms.
Kennedy at the above address.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Richard McAllister, Assistant Regional
Counsel, EPA Region 10, Office of
Regional Counsel, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98101, telephone
number (206) 553–8203.
Dated: December 22, 2005.
L. Michael Bogert,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture
(defined by statute to include import) a
new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on
the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and
comply with the statutory provisions
pertaining to the manufacture of new
chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and
5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to
publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an
application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish
periodic status reports on the chemicals
under review and the receipt of notices
of commencement to manufacture those
chemicals. This status report, which
covers the period from November 17,
2005 to December 7, 2005, consists of
the PMNs pending or expired, and the
notices of commencement to
manufacture a new chemical that the
Agency has received under TSCA
section 5 during this time period.
DATES: Comments, identified by the
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT–
2005–0552 and the specific PMN
number or TME number, must be
received on or before January 30, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments/may be
submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier. Follow
the detailed instructions as provided in
Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division,
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; e-mail address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general. As such, the Agency has not
attempted to describe the specific
entities that this action may apply to.
Although others may be affected, this
action applies directly to the submitter
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of the premanufacture notices addressed
in the action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this
Document and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an
official public docket for this action
under docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0552. The
official public docket consists of the
documents specifically referenced in
this action, any public comments
received, and other information related
to this action. Although a part of the
official docket, the public docket does
not include Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
The official public docket is the
collection of materials that is available
for public viewing at the EPA Docket
Center, Rm. B102-Reading Room, EPA
West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center
Reading Room telephone number is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the OPPT Docket, which is
located in the EPA Docket Center, is
(202) 566–0280.
2. Electronic access. You may access
this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
EDOCKET, EPA’s electronic public
docket and comment system was
replaced on November 25, 2005 by an
enhanced federal-wide electronic docket
management and comment system
located at http://www.regulations.gov/.
Follow the on-line instructions.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA’s
electronic public docket and comment
system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA
Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/
to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents
of the official public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Although not all docket materials may
be available electronically, you may still
access any of the publicly available
docket materials through the docket
facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the appropriate docket ID number.
Certain types of information will not
be placed in the EPA Dockets.
Information claimed as CBI and other
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